Re: Asian tv

Thanks to all who responded regarding my Asian T.V. question. If I could
get more information I would definitely pass it on. I believe at this point
the professor is going to try and track down the Asian food store where he
thinks he saw this on tape :)
Mary Laskowski

At 06:08 PM 4/13/2000 -0700, you wrote:>>Dear Mary,>>It looks like a garbled transliteration from Mandarin.>Could it be "Bianshi bu ti gushi"? (in pinyin)?>> Can the faculty nmember be a little more specific. For example - what>country does it come? What is it about? There is a TV station here in Hong>Kong called Asia TV http://www.atv.com.hk/ - maybe you could have him take>a look there?>>As for VCD. It is the most popular format in China and Hong Kong at>present. You can play them on CD-ROM's or special VCD players. Nowadays>you can also buy combination LD and VCD players, or combination DVD, VCD,>LD players (but they are expensive). Please be aware that most media that>you buy from China or Hong Kong unless specified at NTSC will be in PAL>format so you will need a system capable of playing PAL.>>Please let me know if I can help in any other way. >>Victoria Caplan>Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library>Media Resources & Microforms>>>>On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Mary Laskowski wrote:>>> Hello all,>> I have a faculty member who is looking for an Asian television series>> entitled Pienshipute Kushih, or something approximating that :)>> Unfortunately he isn't sure of the spelling and I haven't been able to find>> anything. Any ideas? Also, he has found several titles he is interested in>> in a VCD format. Could someone clue me in on that as well??>> Thanks so much,>> Mary Laskowski>> >